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Dora Best painting a portrait of ARW, possibly for sending to the Royal Academy; no more news about the Beaconsfield affair except that Prof Barrett and Dr Abraham Wallace will join it; William's sister Violet and May Swinton leaving tomorrow; beginning work on new edition of Wonderful Century; Mr Casey's latest enigma; reading Julie.
Work on new edition of Wonderful Century, will leave chapter on electricity until last; answer to latest (newspaper) enigma; watch repairs; William's holiday and Fellowship dinner (in America); winter weather; plot and character in The Prisoner of Zenda and Rupert of Hentza [sic, for Hentzau. Both by Anthony Hope].
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Writing new edition [of Wonderful Century] with instructions for William in correction of MS; chapters on electricity; transmission of power, Niagara falls; Clerk-Maxwell theory; electric light; will send chapters on Radiation and Chemistry to a Mr Garnett who pointed out errors in first edition; new chapters to be written on astronomy including cosmic theory; unable to find a good [wood]cut of an early post-chaise with postillion, can William help; no need to send MS to Mac if a suitable expert in Newcastle.
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About slides, his son and plan to live in a co-operative with 5-6 friends.
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Wants to know location of Brown University, for new edition of Darwinism.
About List of Coleoptera of the British Isles Fowler had revised for ARW about nine years earlier for Island Life. Is there sufficient material now for a more accurate list and if so does Fowler know of anyone other than himself as he would be too busy to undertake updating it. ARW rather hopes there is not a sufficient amount of new facts to render alteration necessary it but his publishers have asked for corrections for a new issue.